Wild adult owls are very vigilant and generally difficult to tame even if they are accidentally captured - they would rather starve to death than eat food offered by strangers easily.
And this characteristic is also applicable in the magic world.
Therefore, whenever a young wizard wants to choose an owl as his pet, the adult wizard will repeatedly emphasize:
An owl will only recognize one owner in its life. From the moment you start to tame it, you have signed a contract that can never be broken or terminated - only death can separate it from you.
However, relatively speaking, the owl messenger will become slightly more tolerant after eliminating some of its wildness.
The long journey of delivering letters and the pressure of heavy packages force them to accept feeding from strangers to a certain extent to ensure that they have enough physical fitness to complete the mission, or... try their best to survive and wait.
Looking forward to the day when he returns to his master.
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Hogwarts, Hufflepuff common room, corner of the girls dormitory.
A small flat-headed owl silently finished pecking at the grains in the trough, then raised its little head and looked outside the iron cage at its sibling with brutal and strange powers that were completely inconsistent with its appearance. There was a hint of pleading in its big round eyes.
"Gu~gu~"
"Guhahaha! Gugu!"
The reserve who temporarily served as the "jailer" flapped his wings impatiently and glanced fiercely at the little chicken in front of him. The chubby chicken's face was cold and full of vigilance.
Reserve Grain will never forget the time when it happily sent the captured mouse to its little master's pillow...the fear when fate's little hand grabbed its wings and carried it to the top of the big black iron pot——
And, next to the big iron pot, the bones of fat chickens with round faces were scattered on the ground.
Therefore, although little master Elena has not been in the school for a while, Li Liang is still conscientiously adhering to his duties and ensuring that no one can let go of the offended white-haired dumpling before Elena comes back.
fat chicken with round face.
In order to ensure that this little flat-headed guy would not run away secretly or starve to death, the food reserve even generously donated the iron cage in which he had not slept many times, as well as his own food trough and water bowl.
"Gu~ Gu Gu Gu~"
The little flat-headed owl drooped its head and huddled in the corner dejectedly, turning into a small ball of autistic fur.
Ignoring the pitiful little prisoner, the two clusters of ear feathers on the reserve's head flexibly turned, and his head rotated 180° backwards, looking brightly towards the door of the dormitory.
The next moment, the door of the girls' dormitory, which was ajar, was pushed open.
The first-year Hufflepuff girls walked in in twos and threes, with Elena and Hannah at the front.
Different from the excitement after the end of other courses, after this special lesson on the history of magic, all the little wizards did not have much desire to talk, and everyone's face looked somewhat solemn and confused.
Professor Binns was right to worry. For these little guys who had just entered the magical world, some history was too heavy - even if what he told in class was just a snapshot of that era.
"Elena, Hannah, everyone...what is happening?"
After noticing the unusual atmosphere at the door and taking a look at the preoccupied freshmen, a senior girl who was sitting at a long wooden table in the dormitory reading a book stood up and frowned, with a look of confusion on her face.
In her impression, the enthusiastic and cheerful Hufflepuff House rarely had such dull situations.
"Sister Lydia, today..." Hannah raised her head and was about to answer.
"I think everyone is just a little sleepy. After all, tonight's class is History of Magic."
Before Hannah could finish speaking, Elena suddenly interrupted Hannah and answered quickly.
"Although we have tried our best to learn, history is still so heavy that it makes people want to sleep."
As she spoke, Elena raised the thick "History of Magic (Hermione's)" in her arms and shook it, showing a hint of just the right amount of helplessness.
"Hey, are you Professor Binns' History of Magic tonight?"
The senior Hufflepuff girl glanced at the textbook in Elena's arms and nodded in realization.
"I see, Professor Binns' History of Magic is indeed very difficult - in my opinion, it is second only to the Potions class in the entire Hogwarts. Then you should pack up and go to bed early."
After hearing the conversation between the three of them, the other senior girls who had originally planned to come over to ask also showed lingering fears. Without any doubts, they all sat back down and continued to do their own things.
"Huh?"
Hannah Abbott raised her eyebrows and stared at the white-haired dumpling beside her strangely.
However, Elena did not answer immediately. Instead, she turned her gaze to her bedside, looking at the flat-headed owl behind the food reserve and lost in thought - Speaking of which, this little guy might be able to play a greater role.
effect.
According to her idea a week ago, the original plan was just to extort some gold galleons and find a way to use this little owl as a bridge to establish contact with the lovely Luna Lovegood so that she could directly complete the strategy plan next semester.
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However, after taking this lesson on the history of magic, she suddenly came up with an extremely bold idea.
The calendar break in the magical world occurred about three hundred years ago. In order to end the meaningless cycle of hatred, wizards chose to bury their original magical calendar and hide magical activities as much as possible in the daily operations of the non-magical world.
Down.
However, more than three hundred years have passed, and both the world's political landscape and the social structure of the entire human civilization have undergone earth-shaking changes. Wizards have once again extended their magical tentacles into the non-magical world.
This time, it's softer and more hidden.
The magical governments of various countries, which were originally established based on regional cultures, have gradually become entities that can establish diplomatic relations with various non-magical governments to a certain extent - most heads of government have Aurors from the Ministry of Magic who are responsible for daily security work.
, on the one hand, it is to counter the actions of wizards in other countries, and on the other hand, it is also to be able to counter the non-magical world at any time.
After all, the two world wars greatly promoted the progress of science, and overturning the chessboard is no longer the exclusive preserve of wizards.
Perhaps in small-scale special confrontations, the magic world still has an absolute advantage. But in terms of how to kill humans efficiently and destroy urban terrain, the non-magic world has mastered terrifying weapons that wizards have to treat with caution.
In this delicate situation, perhaps she can create a new era of magic from some inconspicuous places.
"Hannah, I have a bold idea..."
Glancing at the trembling little flat-headed owl, Elena tapped the thick cover of "History of Magic" with her fingers, her eyes gradually brightening.
"Instead of passively learning historical knowledge, maybe we can do something more interesting-"
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Acridine~ The update has been resumed! Come and feed your cute fat chickens~ Monthly tickets and Zhangshuo can be eaten!
As for the content of the letter in the previous chapter - Fat Chicken hasn't figured it out yet, how can you possibly see it?
Be confident!
However, there has been no update for a day, so why did the debt go from being two chapters to four chapters!!??